Egypt orders trial of four policemen over killing of Islamist detainees
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s prosecutor general on Tuesday ordered the trial of four police officers charged with killing 39 Muslim Brotherhood members in August after they were picked up in the crackdown that followed the military overthrow of President …
Mozambique’s Renamo chief risks isolation after ending peace pact
MAPUTO/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Mozambique’s opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama, who is fleeing government forces in a remote jungle region, may have also exiled himself to the political wilderness by abandoning a 1992 peace pact that ended the country’…
Germany proposes plan to fill NATO’s defense gaps
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany called for closer military integration between groups of NATO countries on Tuesday as the alliance grappled with how to keep its defenses strong at a time of falling military spending.
Small right-wing party seeks to profit from Berlusconi’s disarray
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s divided center-right is paying a heavy price for failing to arrange a smooth succession to Silvio Berlusconi, according to a minister in his last government who broke ranks with the former premier last year to set up a rival co…
Sudan, South Sudan seek to mend ties to keep oil flowing
JUBA (Reuters) – The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan said on Tuesday they were happy with work to rebuild southern oil exports through a Sudanese pipeline, seeking to end a recurring row that has hurt a vital source of revenues for both nations.
Merkel urged to ditch plan for German rent controls
BERLIN (Reuters) – A sharp rise in rental prices in German cities poses no risk to the broader economy and introducing rent controls would only exacerbate the problem, economists said on Tuesday ahead of coalition talks between Angela Merkel and the So…
EU ministers urge Ukraine to stop bluffing on Tymoshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Two European Union ministers urged Ukraine on Tuesday to stop “bluffing” and reach a deal on the release of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
EU Parliament stops short of U.S.-style approvals for medical devices
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Parliament backed plans on Tuesday to tighten EU rules on medical devices that stopped short of a U.S.-style pre-marketing approval system that industry had warned would delay the introduction of new treatments.
Beleaguered Berlusconi gets a lift as divorce deal halved
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi finally got some good news from Italian judges on Tuesday when a court halved the amount of money he will have to pay his estranged wife Veronica Lario.
Front-runners survive cull of many Afghan presidential candidates
KABUL (Reuters) – All the front runners in Afghanistan’s presidential election next April will remain in the race, despite the disqualification of more than half the candidates by the electoral watchdog.
